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MS. D'Orville 176

Summary Catalogue no.: 17054

Contents

Seneca, Tragedies

Hercules Furens, Thyestes, Phoenissae ['Thebais'], Hippolytus, Oedipus, Troades, Medea, Agamemnon, Octavia, Hercules Oetaeus

The first three texts have some notes and glosses

On fol. iii is a general preface to the plays (beg. 'Tria genera theologie')

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vii + 199 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.25 × 6 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 784

Fine border.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; France

Provenance and Acquisition

On fol. 1 is a coat of arms: tierce in fesse, azure gules and or, on the first three mullets argent

Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751).

Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent

Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent

Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/6–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian.

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804.

Record Sources

Description adapted (January 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 81

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-01-05: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)